the single greatest issue facing america (601 hits)
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Submitted by Jordan <jrsj30.at.yahoo.com> (View user info) at 2008-09-23 21:20:56 EDT
looking at americas problems one stands out among many... the legalization of marijuana... well probably not, but I'm new to the site and I wanted to post something. I do think it is an issue but probably not even on anyones radar with somemany other problems and most politicians want to stay away from it. I think its goods out way it's bads: 1 it's not habit forming like tabacco or alcohol, 2 it is pouring money into organized crime, 3 we could be collecting taxes on it and it could be funding a new legitimate industry, 4 we could legally improve it, study it and make it safer 5 drug dealers are so god damn hard to deal with. number 5 is pretty much the reason I'm wasting your time writing about this, I tried to think of some really insightful thing to make my first post about but my mind was too full of frustration to concentrate because I have been having so much trouble with my multiple dealers, this weekend i arranged to buy a big bag but the guy dropped it while running from the cops. and then another dealer decided to stop selling to me and reffered me to another guy but when i called him he denied being a dealer
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2008-11-03 23:25:05 EST (#)
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Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2008-09-24 10:25:01 CDT (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2008-09-24 10:22:28 EDT (#)
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Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2008-09-24 07:45:16 EDT (#)
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3 we could be collecting taxes on it and it could be funding a new legitimate industry,
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One of the biggest misconceptions is that if it were legal it could be taxed. BUT...if it is no longer illegal to posses, then why would you go to 7/11 to buy weed and pay taxes on it when you could still buy it from Tommy tax free? Don't tell me you would actually WANT to pay a tax if you could avoid it.
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because like all agriculture that has practical uses (hemp) the pot farmers could get government subsidies for crops. government funding would necessitate tax.
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I understand that, but what would compel anyone to buy the taxed pot fromt he store rather than the free stuff on the streets?
for the same reason its illegal to make your own whiskey etc.
it would be legal to buy and smoke but not grow without a license. if the weed was good enough, most people would save the hassle and go to the store.
How many people buy moonshine now all these years after prohibition?
Submitted by PepsiCoke (user info) at 2008-10-01 12:01:54 EDT (#)
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I just want to say that this post is very entertaining.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-09-24 11:48:44 EDT (#)
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What America needs are more terretorial warlords and white slavery.
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2008-09-24 11:46:06 EDT (#)
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I agree with every syllable of this post.
Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2008-09-24 11:25:01 EDT (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2008-09-24 10:22:28 EDT (#)
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Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2008-09-24 07:45:16 EDT (#)
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3 we could be collecting taxes on it and it could be funding a new legitimate industry,
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One of the biggest misconceptions is that if it were legal it could be taxed. BUT...if it is no longer illegal to posses, then why would you go to 7/11 to buy weed and pay taxes on it when you could still buy it from Tommy tax free? Don't tell me you would actually WANT to pay a tax if you could avoid it.
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because like all agriculture that has practical uses (hemp) the pot farmers could get government subsidies for crops. government funding would necessitate tax.
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I understand that, but what would compel anyone to buy the taxed pot fromt he store rather than the free stuff on the streets?
Submitted by _ce (user info) at 2008-09-24 11:23:15 EDT (#)
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n00b. Learn how to spell!
:p
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2008-09-24 10:22:28 EDT (#)
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Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2008-09-24 07:45:16 EDT (#)
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3 we could be collecting taxes on it and it could be funding a new legitimate industry,
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One of the biggest misconceptions is that if it were legal it could be taxed. BUT...if it is no longer illegal to posses, then why would you go to 7/11 to buy weed and pay taxes on it when you could still buy it from Tommy tax free? Don't tell me you would actually WANT to pay a tax if you could avoid it.
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because like all agriculture that has practical uses (hemp) the pot farmers could get government subsidies for crops. government funding would necessitate tax.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2008-09-24 10:20:48 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2008-09-24 07:45:16 EDT (#)
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3 we could be collecting taxes on it and it could be funding a new legitimate industry,
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One of the biggest misconceptions is that if it were legal it could be taxed. BUT...if it is no longer illegal to posses, then why would you go to 7/11 to buy weed and pay taxes on it when you could still buy it from Tommy tax free? Don't tell me you would actually WANT to pay a tax if you could avoid it.
Its not as if it had to be processed like tobacco or alcohol. You can grow it yourself, so long as you don't try to sell it you would not break any laws. And they would have to prove you are selling and NOT paying taxes. Like making your own beer or moonshine, you can make it for personal consumption but not to sell unless you are a business and pay taxes.
"So he keeps a little garden, in the back yard by the fence. He's consuming what he's growin, nowadays in self defense..." Old Hippie, Bellamy Brothers
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2008-09-24 05:57:37 EDT (#)
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Smoke less weed and pay more attention at school (especially English).
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2008-09-24 02:00:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by The_Cyst_Master (user info) at 2006-06-28 10:55:55 EDT (#)
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OH YES THE FUCK STAINS OF HUMANITY BURN MY URETHRA SO GOOOOOOOOD!
http://www.ubersite.com/m/37531
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2008-09-24 01:17:03 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2008-09-24 01:05:30 EDT (#)
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Asshole B-low
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2008-09-24 00:47:56 EDT (#)
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I wanna see this back on the front page.
The kid needs to understand how Uber works...
FOR INSTANCE -
Obviously you write how you speak and it must be terribly difficult to speak properly with your grandpa's cock crammed so deep into your mouth. I mean, sucking off the elderly is sick enough, but only a real degenerate gets aroused by incest. That being said... NO, I won't let you call me "Pappy," you twisted lil' fucktard.
see?
Submitted by Falafel (user info) at 2008-09-24 00:00:44 EDT (#)
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Shit, that hurt my brain to read. More punctuation, paragraphs and upper case letters, please.
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2008-09-23 23:41:55 EDT (#)
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mabie you're retarded
mabie i'm tired of shitty sico brand alters.
mabie you should leave that to people who are funny, like method.
mabie you should not come back
and mabie JUST MABIE you should learn how the spell maybe
Submitted by Jordan85777 (user info) at 2008-09-23 23:33:50 EDT (#)
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*sigh* i guess my writting skills are not as good as i thought, or mabie people aren't even bothering to finish reading my first sentence (why should they as sandmantate said it was really a waste of time), or mabie it was the fact that i made my second sentence confusing as hell by misstypeing "so many" with "somemany"? but i don't actually the greatest issue in the united states i just know it's inconveniencing me and probably not the best law in the US
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2008-09-23 23:21:47 EDT (#)
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sure
pot > than the failing economy.
i get where this nice alter is coming from.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-09-23 22:47:52 EDT (#)
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Please look around and see that the question of dope legaization is about 32,874th on the list of important things that need to be considered.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-09-23 22:41:11 EDT (#)
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I meant that I hope you overdose on COCK, dickhead.
Submitted by Jordan85777 (user info) at 2008-09-23 22:38:26 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-09-23 22:13:34 EDT (#)
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I hope you overdose before you decide to post a bunch of shit again.
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you can hope all you want it doesn't change the fact that you can't overdose on weed. just one more reason it should be more accepted in society than alcohol, you can die of alcohol poisoning but you can't OD on the ganj
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-09-23 22:13:34 EDT (#)
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I hope you overdose before you decide to post a bunch of shit again.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-09-23 22:07:59 EDT (#)
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Personally, I want any & all churches taxed. Heavily. Yes MJ should be legalized, but we have a cash cow just waiting to be milked in this country`s churches. Fuck religion. Just because we have freedom of religion doesn`t mean we can`t tax the shit out of them. ~Signed, a secular humanist who is fed up to her teeth.
Submitted by Jordan85777 (user info) at 2008-09-23 21:55:30 EDT (#)
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Submitted by sandmantate (user info) at 2008-09-23 21:36:35 EDT (#)
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I'll never be able to recover the time I lost reading this. You have stolen something very precious to me.
I hope that you get raped for your crime, and die of AIDS.
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what an awful thing to say I'm happy girls don't like you... well actually I'm not I can't imagine how much that would suck
Submitted by PepsiCoke (user info) at 2008-09-23 21:51:43 EDT (#)
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This post is epic.
Submitted by PepsiCoke (user info) at 2008-09-23 21:51:14 EDT (#)
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Hahahahaha
Submitted by sandmantate (user info) at 2008-09-23 21:36:35 EDT (#)
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I'll never be able to recover the time I lost reading this. You have stolen something very precious to me.
I hope that you get raped for your crime, and die of AIDS.
Submitted by Cyrus (user info) at 2008-09-23 21:36:26 EDT (#)
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Hardly the single greatest issue facing us, but it would be huge. The money the gov't. would save in its lost cause enforcement, the tax money it could make...